Galaxy Of Girls Go To See Jtt At Planet Hollywood

NAMES & FACES

I'm just saying Tuesday's celebrity appearance was the first time in the history of the Planet Hollywood Walt Disney World that the staff had to be suddenly rousted out of the kitchen to help with crowd control.

Ladies and gentlemen, boy and girls, girls and more girls, may I introduce Jonathan Taylor Thomas, star of the upcoming film Wild America - and then run for my life.

What's Hollywood's reigning pre-teen heartthrob like in person? Just listen to two of the throngs of freckle-faced, tongue-tied, poster-clutching girls, who, like, got to meet him - (gasp!) for real:

''He's cute!'' said 10-year-old Lauren Mockabee.

''He's really cute!'' corrected 10-year-old Kayley Williams.

Lauren said Jonathan was ''easy to talk to,'' while Kayley noted he seemed ''kind of small for his age.'' Not that that wasn't all right and all, or even perfect.

You'd expect a 15-year-old guy who has for years been the object of this kind of crushing, claustrophobic adoration would swagger around with a head swelled the size of Spaceship Earth.

Asked what he's got that causes this frenzy, Thomas shook his head. ''I don't have a clue - really,'' he said. ''It's weird - it's not something I expected.''

Doesn't he have a girlfriend? ''No, I haven't had time,'' said Thomas, who cranks out movies in between work on Home Improvement. ''It hasn't been a priority, but that is going to change in the near future - when I can drive.''